2 Kingdoms 23

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

2 Kingdoms 23

1And these are the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jessae, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful are the psalms of Israel.Πιστὸς Δαυὶδ υἱὸς Ἰεσσαί, καὶ πιστὸς ἀνὴρ ὃν ἀνέστησε Κύριος ἐπὶ χριστὸν Θεοῦ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ εὐπρεπεῖς ψαλμοὶ Ἰσραήλ.

2The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.Πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ἐν ἐμοὶ, καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γλώσσης μου.

3The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will you strengthen the fear of the anointed?Λέγει ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, ἐμοὶ ἐλάλησε φύλαξ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ παραβολήν· εἶπὸν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ, πῶς κραταιώσητε φόβον χριστοῦ;

4And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.Καὶ ἐν φωτὶ Θεοῦ πρωΐας, ἀνατείλαι ἥλιος τοπρωῒ, οὗ Κύριος παρῆλθεν ἐκ φέγγους, καὶ ὡς ἐξ ὑετοῦ χλόης ἀπὸ γῆς.

5For my house is not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire is, that the wicked should not flourish.Οὐ γὰρ οὕτως ὁ οἶκός μου μετὰ ἰσχυροῦ, διαθήκην γὰρ αἰώνιον ἔθετό μοι ἑτοίμην ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ πεφυλαγμένην· ὅτι πᾶσα σωτηρία μου καὶ πᾶν θέλημα, ὅτι οὐ μὴ βλαστήσῃ ὁ παράνομος.

6All these are as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,Ὥσπερ ἄκανθα ἐξωσμένη πάντες οὗτοι, ὅτι οὐ χειρὶ ληφθήσονται,

7and a man shall not labor among them; and one shall have that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.καὶ ἀνὴρ οὐ κοπιάσει ἐν αὐτοῖς· καὶ πλῆρες σιδήρου, καὶ ξύλον δόρατος, καὶ ἐν πυρὶ καύσει, καὶ καυθήσονται αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν.

8These are the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the Chananite is a captain of the third part: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυίδ· Ἰεβοσθὲ ὁ Χαναναῖος ἄρχων τοῦ τρίτου ἐστίν· Ἀδινὼν ὁ Ἀσωναῖος, οὗτος ἐσπάσατο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὀκτακοσίους στρατιώτας εἰσάπαξ.

9And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when * he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.Καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν Ἐλεανὰν υἱὸς πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ υἱὸς Δουδὶ τοῦ ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ δυνατοῖς μετὰ Δαυίδ· καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνειδίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις, συνήχθησαν ἐκεῖ εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἀνέβησεν ἀνὴρ Ἰσραήλ.

10He arose an struck the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people † rested behind him only to strip the slain.Αὐτὸς ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις, ἕως οὗ ἐκοπίασεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσεκολλήθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μάχαιραν· καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἐκάθητο ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πλὴν ἐκδιδύσκειν.

11And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines.Καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν Σαμαΐα υἱὸς Ἄσα ὁ Ἀρουχαῖος· καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι εἰς Θηρία· καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μερὶς τοῦ ἀγροῦ πλήρης φακοῦ· καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἔφυγεν ἐκ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων.

12And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and struck the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.Καὶ ἐστηλώθη ἐν μέσῳ τῆς μερίδος, καὶ ἐξείλατο αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους· καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην.

13And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and there was an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain.Καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν τριάκοντα, καὶ κατέβησαν εἰς Κασὼν πρὸς Δαυὶδ, εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον Ὀδολλάμ· καὶ τάγμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ῥαφαΐν.

14And David was then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.Καὶ Δαυὶδ τότε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ, καὶ τὸ ὑπόστεμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

15And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines was then in Bethleem.Καὶ ἐπεθύμησε Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπε, τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ; τὸ δὲ σύστεμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

16And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.Καὶ διέῤῥηξαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοὶ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ· καὶ ἔλαβαν, καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ οὐκ ἡθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτό· καὶ ἔσπεισεν αὐτὸ τῷ Κυρίῳ.

17And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, ‡ that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.Καὶ εἶπεν, ἵλεώς μοι Κύριε τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν πίομαι· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτό. Ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί.

18And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed; and he had a name among three.Καὶ Ἀβεσσὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς Ἰωάβ υἱὸς Σαρουίας αὐτὸς ἄρχων ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξήγειρε τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας· καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισὶν.

19Of those three he was most honorable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the first three.Ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἐκείνων ἔνδοξος, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄρχοντα, καὶ ἕως τῶν τριῶν οὐκ ἦλθε.

20And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in mighty deeds, from Cabeseel, and he struck the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and struck a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.Καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς Ἰωδαὲ ἀνὴρ αὐτὸς πολλοστὸς ἔργοις, ἀπὸ Καβεσεήλ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Ἀριὴλ τοῦ Μωάβ· καὶ αὐτός κατέβη καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν λέοντα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάκκου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς χιόνος.

21He struck an Egyptian, § a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.Αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνδρα ὁρατὸν, ἐν δὲ τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ξύλον διαβάθρας· καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ῥἀβδῳ, καὶ ἥρπασε τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ.

22These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men.Ταῦτα ἐποίησε Βαναίας υἱὸν Ἰωδαὲ, καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς,

23He was honorable among the second three, but he reached not to the first three: and David ** made him his reporter. And these are the names of King David's mighty men.ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἔνδοξος, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς οὐκ ἦλθε· καὶ ἔταξεν αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ πρὸς τὰς ἀκοὰς αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυὶδ τοῦ βασιλέως.

24Asael Joab's brother; he was among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.Ἀσαὴλ ἀδελφὸς Ἰωάβ· οὗτος ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα· Ἐλεανὰν υἱὸς Δουδὶ πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ·

25Saema the Rudaean.Σαιμὰ ὁ Ῥουδαῖος·

26Selles †† the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.Σελλὴς ὁ Κελωθί· Ἴρας υἱὸς Ἴσκα ὁ Θεκωΐτης·

27Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.Ἀβιέζερ ὁ Ἀνωθίτης, ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ Ἀνωθίτου·

28Ellon the Aoite; Noere the Netophatite.Ἐλλὼν ὁ Ἀωΐτης· Νοερὲ ὁ Νετωφατίτης·

29Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite; Asmoth the Bardiamite; Emasu the Salabonite:Ἐσθαὶ υἱὸς Ῥιβὰ ἐκ Γαβαὲθ υἱὸς Βενιαμὶν τοῦ Ἐφραθαίου· Ἀσμὼθ ὁ Βαρδιαμίτης·

30Adroi of the brooks.

31Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite.

32the sons of Asan, Jonathan;Ἐμασοὺ ὁ Σαλαβωνίτης· υἱοὶ Ἀσάν, Ἰωνάθαν·

33Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.Σαμνὰν ὁ Ἁρωδίτης· Ἀμνὰν υἱὸς Ἀραῒ Σαραουρίτης·

34Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel the Gelonite.Ἀλιφαλὲθ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀσβίτου, υἱὸς τοῦ Μαχαχαχί· Ἐλιὰβ υἱὸς Ἀχιτόφελ τοῦ Γελωνίτου·

35Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi.Ἀσαραῒ ὁ Καρμήλιος τοῦ Οὐραιοερχί·

36Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, the son of Galaaddi. Elie the Ammanite.Γάαλ υἱὸς Ναθανά· πολυδυνάμεως υἱὸς Γαλααδδί·

37Gelore the Bethorite, armor-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.Ἐλιὲ ὁ Ἀμμανίτης·

37aἉδροὶ ἀπὸ χειμάῤῥων·

37bΓαδαβιὴλ υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀραβωθαίου·

37cΓελωρὲ ὁ Βηθωραῖος αἴρων τὰ σκεύη· Ἰωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουίας·

38Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.Ἴρας ὁ Ἐθιραῖος· Γηρὰβ ὁ Ἐθεναῖος·

39Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all.Οὐρίας ὁ Χετταῖος· οἱ πάντες τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτά.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 9*Or, they defied him among the Philistines.
• v. 10†Heb. returned.
• v. 17‡Gr. if.
• v. 21§Gr. a man seen or to be seen.
• v. 23**Gr. appointed him to his hearings.
• v. 26††Or, the son of Kelothi.